Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar

This report by the Alliance for Renewable Electrification (ARE) analyzes the market for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) equipment used for productive purposes in the agricultural and agri-food sectors of Benin, Cameroon, and Madagascar. It identifies significant opportunities for solar pumps and refrigeration to boost rural productivity and socio-economic development, while highlighting barriers such as high initial costs, lack of technical standards, and insufficient e-waste recycling infrastructure.

• In Benin, the market for productive DRE equipment is dominated by solar pumps and refrigerators, with solar water pump sales experiencing exponential growth and doubling annually since 2015.
• Benin's cashew nut sector presents a significant economic opportunity for local processing; transforming cashew nuts locally can increase their value from 5,300 USD per tonne to nearly 9,000 USD per tonne.
• Benin lacks a national policy for managing electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE), leading to end-of-life equipment being stored or abandoned in nature, which fuels an informal waste sector.
• Cameroon aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its electricity mix to 25% by 2035, with 11% coming from small hydropower (660 MW) and 6% from solar (360 MW).
• In Cameroon, the adoption of DRE for sorghum production in semi-arid regions could mitigate climate change vulnerabilities and increase productivity by approximately 21.99%.
• The WEEECAM project in Cameroon addresses the challenge of 'orphan fractions'—WEEE components without local treatment options—reducing the rate of such fractions from 58.8% to 19.2% over two years through specific exports and better identification.
• Madagascar faces severe electricity disparities, with only 10.9% of the rural population having access to electricity compared to 71.6% of the urban population.
• The fishing and aquaculture sector in Madagascar suffers from a lack of an uninterrupted cold chain, forcing small-scale fishers to dry their catch or lose it to rot, which limits their access to international markets.
• In Madagascar, the Africa GreenTec (AGT) pilot project in Mahavelona demonstrated that replacing diesel generators with solar energy for rice milling provides stable electricity consumption for mini-grids.
• A pilot project in Madagascar involving CIDR PAMIGA and the microfinance institution SMMEC found that solar refrigerators were too expensive for rural clients, leading the project to focus instead on solar surface water pumps.

APA

Alliance for Renewable Electrification (n.d.). Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf

Chicago

Alliance for Renewable Electrification. Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar. n.d. https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{allianceforrenewableelectrificationndequipements, author = {{Alliance for Renewable Electrification}}, title = {{Equipements pour les usages productifs des énergies renouvelables décentralisées au Bénin, Cameroun et Madagascar}}, institution = {Alliance for Renewable Electrification}, url = {https://www.renewelec.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Equipements-pour-les-usages-productifs-des-ERD.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }